Teapot cover



Feb. 9,1926. 1,572,082

W. RAMGE v TEAPOT COVER Filed April 3 1925 ATTORNEYS.

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WILLIAM RAMGE, OF BEOOKLYN,I-TEW YORK, ASSIGNOE 'IO SIMON W. FARBER, Ihll, OF BROGKLYN, NEW YURK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TEA'POT COVER.

Application filed s in 3, 1925; Serial in). 20,542.

To (all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM Barron, a citizen of the United States, residing at .h'oohlyn, in the county of Kings, city and State oi? New York, have invented certa n new and useful Improvements in Teapot Covers, of which the following is a specifiation.

This invention relates to covers for teapots. One of the objects thereol is to provide an improved cover -for the teapots made of transparent glass (which are more fragile than ordinary teapots) and tor which it has been necessary to devise a cover which will remain on tho teapot repel-dies? ot the position in which the teapot is held.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a toapotcover of improved construction with cooperating means tor brewing the tea.

Further objects of the inventionpull he apparent from the following specincation and drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my 1mproved teapot cover in place on a teapot with a teahall attached to the cover.

Figure 2 is a vertical section showing the cover in place.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section line of FigureQ. V

Figure 4: a vertical section showing the cover partially removed from the teapot, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the cover, showing the retaining);means.

The ditiiculty with the glass covers for class teapots which are commonly made of rchat known as fireproof glass is that glass covers have avery loose lit upon the top of the teapot and whenever the teapot isturned for pouring, the glass covers are apt to fall oli and break.

Furthermore, unlike metal articles, glass tcapots and covers therefor are apt to vary in size considerably and there is usually a loose close fit between a glass teapot and a glass or metal cover ordinarily sold therewith. Metal covers of the usual type have the disadvantage that they fit either too tightly or too loosely, since, when hot water is poured into glass teapots, the glass en'- pands so that a considerable variation 111 size between the cover and teapot isproalong the duced at diiierent temperatures. VFurthermore, with the ordinary metal cover now in use, when a glass teapot expands and contracts, it is apt to crack owing to the contact with the metal cover, whose shape varies very little. 7

My improved cover obviates these objections as it will automatically provide for the contraction or expansion oif the teapot itself and is in fact adapted to be used for various sizes otteapots.

l uithermore, my improved cover has the advantage of having both an inside and outside rim, so that when the steam arising from the hot water ascends and condenses on the cover, the drippings do not go to the outside or the teapot but remain inside and the outside of the teapot remains dry and clean.

A is my improved teapot cover haying the central knob B and a double bottom or base of two concentric rings, namely an outer ring C and an inner ring C. The spring 1) is inserted in a bead in the inner ring Gflthe construction of the spring I) being more clearly shown in Figure 3. The endsd of the spring 1) fit into openings not), (see Figure 3) so that the ends of thospring D automatically press against the inwardly flaring tapered top of the teapot T. By means of spring D the cover held in posi tion in the teapot T regardless of contraclion or expansion of the teapot. The cover is also thus 5 hipted to be held in position in teapots whose sizcs vary. A cap E is located in knob B and a teahall G is connected to knob-B by a chain F. When the tea has been sufiiciently' steeped, the knob E may be lifted and the tea removed tromthe hot water. i

As is apparent from Fig. i, the ends (Z of the spring I) are resilient and they are forced inwardly when the cover is in final position. It is alsoclear from Fig. 2 that the outer rim has a diameter slightly greater than the outside of the top of the teapot, sothat a cover made according to my inven- 'tion may be used with teapots which vary in size, since the pressure of theends of spring D is sufficient to hold the cover in position.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made without departing from its spirit.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A cover having two rims, the outer rim being located on the outside of the receptacle, the inner rimbeing located on the inside of the receptacle, and-a spring attached to the inside of the cover "and adapted to abut the top of the receptacle through holes in the inner rim. 7 p

2. A cover for a receptacle having an inwardly flaring top portion, the said cover having two rims, the outer rim being adapted to be located upon the outside of the top portion of the receptacle, saidouter rim being of greater diameter than the top portion of said receptacle, and resilient means forming part of said cover and adapted to detachably hold said cover to the top of said receptacle. 3. A metal cover for receptacles having two rims adapted to cover the top of the receptacle, a spring attached to the inner rim and contacting with the inner face of the receptacle,"said spring being attached to the inside ofsaid cover andimpinging on the inner face of said receptacle through holes in the inner rim of said cover.

4. A cover for receptacles having two rims, onelocated on the outside of the re- WILLIAM RAMGE. 

